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Sir — One week on from a well-intentioned ESRI study declaring that 67.3pc of people in the Republic live in homes that are too big for their needs, homeowners of a certain vintage could be forgiven for an unmerited feeling of ­being partially to blame for the housing crisis.

Sir — In the Sunday ­Independent of March 24, ­discount supermarket Aldi ­advertised Irish-grown potatoes and other vegetables for less than 50 cent per kilo, far below the cost of production.

This week’s planning applications include a bid to turn offices into 13 flats.

ERA Supporters Adopt a Strategic Pivot; Its Their Final Push to Make the Amendment a Reality News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, April 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Having successfully shepherded the Equal Rights Amendment through ratification by the remaining three states and approval of House Joint Resolution 17 by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 17, 2021, ERA supporters have now adopted a strategic pivot to surmount the final hurdle—approval by the U.S...

0 in its history a full-time con confirmed director, richard c d cordray. on wednesday, fred hockberg and on thursday mccarthy overcame filibuster and confirmed as new director of the environmental protection agency. for months, years in some cases, president obama has been pleading with senate republicans to let him put his own executive branch team in place. the republicans have just thumbed their noses at him. that changed this week. and the reason is simple. democrats decided they had enough...